Ephesians 4:18

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

they are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart;

Cross References

Psalm 74:20

Have regard for thy covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

Isaiah 25:7

And he will destroy on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations.

Ezekiel 14:5

that I may lay hold of the hearts of the house of Israel, who are all estranged from me through their idols.

Daniel 5:20

But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him;

Leviticus 11:16

the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk according to its kind,

Matthew 13:15

For this people's heart has grown dull, and their ears are heavy of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should perceive with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.’

Mark 3:5

And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

John 12:40

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.”

Acts 17:30

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all men everywhere to repent,

Acts 3:17

“And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper conduct.

Romans 11:25

Lest you be wise in your own conceits, I want you to understand this mystery, brethren: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles come in,

Romans 11:7

What then? Israel failed to obtain what it sought. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened,

Romans 2:19

and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 2:8

None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

2 Corinthians 3:14

But their minds were hardened; for to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.

2 Corinthians 4:4

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness of God.

Galatians 4:8

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were in bondage to beings that by nature are no gods;

Ephesians 2:1

And you he made alive, when you were dead through the trespasses and sins

Ephesians 2:12

remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Colossians 1:21

And you, who once were estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not in the passion of lust like heathen who do not know God;

Hebrews 5:2

He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness.

Hebrews 9:7

but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.

James 4:4

Unfaithful creatures! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

1 Peter 1:14

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,

1 John 2:11

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.